Chamal Surname
Approximately 1,280 people bear this surname
Chamal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Chile | 54 | 1:326,231 | 9,231 |
| India | 51 | 1:15,040,498 | 247,985 |
| Afghanistan | 39 | 1:824,441 | 8,487 |
| Pakistan | 28 | 1:6,380,139 | 37,476 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Chamal (10,320) may also be a first name.
Chamal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chamal (Bengali: চামল, Georgian: ჩამალ, Hindi: चमल, Marathi: चमाळ, Oriya: ଚମଲ) is more commonly found in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 297,671st most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,693,395 people. Chamal occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Chamal reside; 72 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Chamal is also the 59,990th most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 10,320 people.
This surname is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Not including Sri Lanka it occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 16 percent are found and Chile, where 4 percent are found.
Chamal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Chamal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Chamal last name rose 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamal in the Georgian language | ||
| ჩამალ | chamal | - |
| Chamal in the Hindi language | ||
| चमल | camala | 86.84 |
| छमला | chamala | 7.89 |
| चमाल | camala | 2.63 |
| छमाल | chamala | 2.63 |
| Chamal in the Marathi language | ||
| चमाळ | camala | 66.67 |
| चामल | camala | 14.81 |
| चमल | camala | 14.81 |
| चमळ | camala | 3.7 |
| Chamal in the Bengali language | ||
| চামল | camala | 50 |
| চমল | camala | 16.67 |
| সামাল | samala | 16.67 |
| চামাল | camala | 16.67 |
| Chamal in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚମଲ | camala | 42.86 |
| ଚାମଲ | camala | 28.57 |
| ଚମାଳ | camala | 14.29 |
| ଚମଳ | camala | 14.29 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chamal
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